Clif Maloney Climbs Cho Oyu

From Mike Southwell: This page memorializes
Clif’s successful ascent of
Cho Oyu on the border between Nepal and Tibet on 24 September 2009,
which was followed by his
sudden and as-yet unexplained death while descending after the climb.

the dispatches sent by Clif
and his guide Marty Schmidt before and during the climb

A moving Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Clif Maloney,
concluding with the singing of “Old Nassau,” was held on 9 October 2009 in New York City.
The Class was represented by Bush, Cartier, Detjens, Fuller, Rousseau, Joan Sachs Shaw, Southwell, and Williamson, some
in Reunion jackets. The University was represented by both Paul Raeder ’h62, longtime Alumni Relations liaison, who
had worked closely with Clif over many years, and his successor Nat Howe.

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